Grieving, Mikaga is taken in by her friend Yoichi and his mother (who is really his cross-dressing father) Eriko. Mikage, the heroine of “Kitchen,” is an orphan raised by her grandmother, who has passed away. With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent and great passion whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature.īanana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen is a timeless, enchantingly original and deeply affecting book that juxtaposes two tales about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives of a pair of free-spirited young women in contemporary Japan. Banana Yoshimoto’s novels have created a sensation in Japan and all over the world.
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